For the Love of Nigerians

For the Love of Nigerians

The Initial title I had in mind was  “For the love of Nigeria” but I quickly realised that some people love Nigeria albeit for the wrong reasons, some have benefited so much from the system so much so; they would rather die than see Nigeria change.  To these sets of persons, Nigeria is a land flowing with milk and honey, thus you would understand why they would want the status quo to remain. They Love Nigeria as it is.

  But if you love Nigerians, you can’t help but want a new direction for the majority of your countrymen who are in dire need of help, consider those without any hope for the future because they lack a proper education, those unfortunate souls that continue to suffer up north, some have been killed, others are in refugee camps, thousands die every day because our hospitals are not well equipped and doctors are not motivated to give their best. I could go on and on. Certainly we need a new direction, a new way of doing things, we need Change!

  I am not under the illusion that a certain General Buhari and his party the APC would come, wave around some sort of magical wand and everything would be set aright in a few weeks or even months…absolutely not, but I am damn sure it is a good place to start. A quote I would like to refer to here is “Only a mad person would continue to do something the same way and expect a different result”, we have tried the PDP in the centre for 16 years, isn’t it about time we tried something different. I know a lot of us would  agree with me that stealing is indeed corruption and that corruption is the foundation of all our problems , then you would agree that we need a man known for abhorring corruption rather than a man that has repeatedly made it known that corruption is not such a big deal, Again, isn’t it curious that under all the cacophony of political mudslinging, facts and outright lies that has characterised this year’s electioneering, do we not find it bunkum that the PDP has made the main discuss of this elections the mundane  and not the real issues facing Nigerians, they have made the certificate purportedly earned over 50 years ago the issue, they have become history teachers telling anyone who cares to listen what a General Buhari did or didn’t do for the total of 20 months he was in power,30 years ago the issue, in their desperation  they have even resorted to outright lies to smear the image of their opponent  while totally ignoring to make clear to Nigerians what they have achieved in the last 16 years of their leadership or  in the almost six years of the Jonathan Presidency and why they deserve to continue in office  beyond May 29 2015. These and many more reasons are why I along with millions of young Nigerians, both home and abroad are interested in seeing General Muhammadu Buhari become the President of Nigeria in 2015, he is not the messiah that would come and take away all our troubles as he is just one man, but I have no doubt in my mind that he would build a much better team that would assist him in building a new Nigeria we can all be proud of.

For the love of Nigerians, go out on the 14^th of Febuhari   which is incidentally lover’s day, armed not with guns or machetes but with your PVC and vote General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) of the APC as Nigeria’s next President.